There's been quite a bit of talk floating around on the web in recent times of the upcoming quad X16 PCIe NF4 SLI monster motherboard which GIGABYTE were planning to release for the ultra hardc0re enthusiast, and just the other day they made an official announcement introducing it to the masses.

Four 7800GTX's overkill by a long shot? Most would agree to that, but i'm sure the idea of running that setup has the folks with deepened pockets foaming at the mouth in anticipation of getting their mits on this puppy.

Gigabyte TECHNOLOGY, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, VGA cards and other computing hardware solutions, has launched Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal, the world first SLI technology enabled motherboard equipped with four PCI Express X16 slots. Based on the NVIDIA nForece4 SLI Intel Edition and NVIDIA nForece4 SLI chipsets, the GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal is designed for gamers who lived by ultimate performance and ultimate scalability.

Powered by NVIDIA SLI X16 technology and featuring four PCI Express X16 slots, the GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal frees the limitation of graphics and gaming performance. Supports two full-bandwidth 16-lane PCI Express links which offers twice the PCI Express bandwidth of X8 SLI solutions, the GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal ensures the maximum graphics and gaming performance for next generation GPUs and games. Equipped with Gigabyte own-designed four PCI Express X16 slots supporting eight monitors output, the GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal is more suitable for gaming with spectacular view or special application which requires multi-monitor output.